Great fairway.
This is a strange sea area. The geomagnetism, astronomical phenomena, ocean currents, and air currents are all chaotic. It is difficult to even confirm one's position, not to mention finding new islands.
The sailing skills and experience in the four seas are unreliable here, only the "recording compass" is trustworthy.
From the starting point - Livas Mountain (Upside Down Mountain), there are seven magnetic forces extending out. You can choose any one at the beginning, and you can only move forward one by one after you have selected it.
In the end, these seven routes will merge into one channel, and the last island to reach, Ralph Drew, is the terminal of the great channel!
But so far, according to records, there is only one person who has walked the entire route, One Piece, Gol.D. Roger!
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On the endless sea.
Sailing a merchant ship bound for Alabasta.
Aiolia is on one of these merchant ships.
Now he has a headache.
Not because of anything else, but because of the boy next to him with two guns.
"Brother Aiolia, your light speed punch is so handsome, can you teach me?"
"Brother Aiolia, what's in the box behind you?"
"Big Brother Aiolia, where did you come from?"
Next to Aiolia, a two-meter-tall boy with two guns, wearing a white priest uniform, long black hair, and sharp eagle eyes chatted.
As for why the boy followed him.
Let's start with Whiskey Peak.
After accepting Arthur's instructions, Aiolia took the things Arthur gave and took the merchant ship into the Great Channel.
The first stop was Whiskey Peak.
Because of Roger's reasons, there have been more and more pirates in the past two years, and at the same time, it has also promoted the development of an industry, that is, bounty hunters.
Bounty hunters, as the name suggests, are hunters who chase bounties, and pirates with bounty are natural enemies!
As the first stop of one of the seven major routes, Whiskey Peak is visited by countless pirates every year!
For the bounty, the bounty hunters began to slowly gather at the peak of Whiskey, waiting for the pirates who came and went.
However, although bounty hunters catch pirates, they are not necessarily good people.
Aiolia, who came to the peak of Whiskey, was carrying a golden box, which immediately attracted the peeps of the bounty hunters.
And there are also good people among the bounty hunters, the boy named Truman next to Aiolia.
Truman, a fledgling bounty hunter, kindly went up to remind Aiolia after seeing Aiolia carrying a golden box.
It's a pity that his kindness was too late. When he reminded him, there was a bounty hunter who wanted to shoot Aiolia's golden box.
Immediately, Aiolia flashed a quick punch and flew out, smashing through the entire Whiskey Mountain Town.
After this punch, the hearts of the peeping bounty hunters instantly tightened, and no one dared to peep!
However, Aiolia thought about it later and finally wrapped the holy clothes box with a layer of black cloth, not for fear of peeping, but mainly for trouble!
Also because of this punch, Aiolia instantly gained a little fanboy Truman!
Truman has been with Aoria since then.
Aiolia has a good character, and did not drive away Truman!
But after that, he regretted it, this Truman is simply a talker!
Along the way, chattered and asked non-stop.
At first, Aiolia was still in the mood to answer him a few words, but slowly, his eloquent words, even people with Aiolia's character couldn't resist!
However, it's not Aiolia's character to drive him away, so just ignore him!
Soon, the merchant ship arrived at the port city of Alabasta, Rape Flower!
"Lord Aiolia, our fleet can only send you here, we will return after we sell out the goods here!" Romande said apologetically.
Romand is the owner of this merchant ship, a bearded middle-aged man in his early forties. His main business is to transport specialty products from the West Sea to the kingdom of Alabasta on the great waterway.
"It's okay, I'll go by myself next, thank you for taking care of you along the way!" Aiolia said with a smile.
"How dare you, we are thanks to the care of Lord Aiolia on this journey!" Romande said gratefully.
Along the way, there are Aiolia, Romande's caravan, which is much better than usual. What kind of sea kings, pirates, all have been driven away by Aiolia, giving him a lot of reduction in Romande. loss!
"By the way, Lord Aiolia, this is one million Baileys, please accept it!" Romand said, and took out a stack of Baileys from his arms, with a face value of 10,000, about a hundred. Respectfully handed it to Aiolia.
"No, since you let me take the boat for free, I should take care of you!" Aiolia refused with a smile,
Aiolia is not short of money. As Arthur's bodyguard, his usual salary is quite a lot, not to mention that this is a business trip?
This time, Arthur gave him 10 million Bailey as a public expense!
Originally, Arthur wanted to take 100 million, but Aiolia refused, because 100 million Bailey was too large and inconvenient to carry.
100 million berries is equivalent to one hundred stacks of one hundred soft sister coins, adding up to the size of a small box.
Arthur thought about it, it was really inconvenient to carry, so he agreed to Aiolia's request to give him 10 million Baileys.
"Lord Aiolia, please be sure to accept this reward. Compared with the pirates and sea kings you helped us expel, a free boat ride is nothing at all!" Seeing Aiolia's refusal, Romande simply refused. Put the money in his hands.
"Then I'll accept it!" Romande's kindness was hard to resist, and Aoria had no choice but to accept it.
"Yes, yes!" Romande nodded with a smile, and then said, "Lord Aoria, after we sell out this time, the next time we come will be six months later. If you need it, come here, don't be polite to us!"
Six months have been accurately calculated. The reason why the inverted mountain will show the reverse flow of water is because of the collision of powerful ocean currents between the four seas, but the collision of ocean currents also has a period of rest, about every five months. a month.
It is at this time that the ships on the great waterway can return to the four seas from the Upside Down Mountain!
Therefore, the merchant ship of Romand did not dare to go too far, and only dared to go to Alabasta, just in case the time came, it would take five months to go back!
"Okay! Goodbye then!" Aiolia nodded with a smile, and then disembarked.
"Brother Aiolia, wait for me!" Truman followed Aiolia and got off the boat.
As soon as they got off the ship, Aiolia felt the hot weather in the desert kingdom of Alabasta.
At a glance, the yellow sand in the distance, the city at the moment, the walking camels, and the people in white robes come and go, forming a beautiful desert city!
"Brother Aiolia, is this your first time here? Let me introduce you!" Truman said excitedly.
"En!" Aiolia nodded. Although he was on official business this time, he was not in a hurry, and Arthur didn't rush him!
"Brother Aiolia, that one is a clothing store, run by the old Booth family, which has a history of decades. It is said that the clothes they make even the queen likes to wear!"
"Brother Aiolia, that one is a barbecue restaurant. It only opened last year. The business has been good and the taste is also good. Many people like it!"
"Big Brother Aiolia."
Truman seemed to be very familiar with this place, and he happily introduced each store to Aiolia!
"Cuckoo-"
At this moment, Truman's stomach growled.
"Aha, Big Brother Aiolia, you're hungry too, let's go eat, I'll treat you!" Truman said, scratching his head in embarrassment.
"Well, that's fine, but I'll treat you!" Aiolia nodded and said.
"That's good!" Truman agreed politely and straightforwardly!
Then, led by Truman, the two came to a somewhat shabby barbecue shop.
"Brother Aiolia, when you come to Alabasta, you must taste the most famous barbecue here. This restaurant has been operating in this city for hundreds of years, with a long history and the purest barbecue in Alabasta! ' said Truman.
Aiolia didn't pay much attention to what she ate, and went with Truman.
The two quickly started eating in the store. I have to say that the taste here is really good.
While eating and eating, Truman's face suddenly changed, and he said, "Brother Aiolia, you eat first, I'll go out to the toilet!"
Without waiting for Aiolia to answer, Truman ran out in a flash!